Konami Digital Entertainment enhances the security of its online

DIGIPASS BY VASCO
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Konami Digital Entertainment enhances the
security of its online services with DIGIPASS
technology
Konami Digital Entertainment (Konami), global developer and manufacturer of entertainment properties, has deployed VASCO’s
DIGIPASS one-time password solution to strengthen the authentication level of most of its online services, including its online
gaming site, online community and the online shopping site “Konami Style”.
EXTENDED PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
VASCO has an extended product portfolio with over 50 authenticators in
different form factors, both hardware and software. Customers can choose the
authentication method and solution that best meets their requirements.
“We chose DIGIPASS GO 6 as our standard model whereas we distribute
DIGIPASS 100 to our royal customers”, says Mr. Kenichi Fukuhara. “As a backup we deployed DIGIPASS SDK on mobiles or smart phones for users who do
not wish to use an authentication device. “
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BUILDING A SECURE BRAND IMAGE
E-commerce and online gaming in particular are booming lucrative markets.
Fraudsters soon saw big business by intercepting payment transactions or
hacking into gamers’ accounts. With fraud statistics on the rise and taken
the advice from the governmental agency to heart, game developer Konami
realized the need to implement a security solution for its community sites
“e-Amusement Gate” and “Love Plus Photograph”, for its online games “Love
Plus Kanojyo Mail” and “Golf Connection Network Service” and its online
shopping channel “Konami Style”.
Konami Digital Entertainment went looking for a suitable security solution
that would enhance the security of its online channels and decided to deploy
VASCO’s strong authentication solution based on DIGIPASS technology.
DIGIPASS generates one-time passwords that replace the weaker, static
passwords and enhances overall security of Konami’s services and offerings.
Furthermore, DIGIPASS enabled Konami to build a brand image of a secure and
leading company that cares about the confidentiality of its customers’ data.
“VASCO provided us with a flexible solution and a cost-effective proposal.
Furthermore, the company already had a proven track record in the online
gaming and B2C market. Additionally, VASCO can offer us global support for
our services worldwide”, says Mr. Kenichi Fukuhara, manager of studio IT
center, technical support group at Konami.
“The large variety in products made VASCO an attractive choice for us. We were
also pleasantly surprised that VASCO’s software authenticators were widely
available on different platforms and diverse mobile devices worldwide. The
long life expectancy of the
authenticators and the fact
that we were able to define
the security parameters of
the software for ourselves,
were decisive factors
in our decision making
process.”
VACMAN CONTROLLER:
IDEAL FOR MASS
DEPLOYMENT
VACMAN
Controller,
VASCO’s core backend solution could be
seamlessly integrated into
the company’s existing
infrastructure
without
the need to deploy a
new server. Konami was
therefore able to easily
add strong authentication
to its infrastructure in a
very cost-efficient manner.
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“Both VASCO’s authenticator and server technology is widely prevailed in
financial industry and added many functions for long time. We were able to
integrate the authentication solution quite effortlessly thanks to VACMAN
Controller’s API. This general versatility for our existing authentication system
was attractive.” says Mr. Satoshi Kanemitsu, technical and development group
at Internet Revolution, Inc. who is affiliate of Konami Digital Entertainment.
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Objective
Enhance the security level of Konami’s online services without compromising
on user-friendliness.
Challenge
To deploy a flexible authentication solution that suits the diverse needs of
Konami’s mixed customer base in the B2C market. The solution had to offer
a high level of security and must raise security awareness of both Konami’s
customers and employees.
Solution
Mr. Kenichi Fukuhara, Manager of studio IT center
With VASCO’s DIGIPASS technology, Konami was able to enhance the security
of its online services for its mixed customer base. DIGIPASS proved to be
a flexible and cost-efficient solution and could easily be integrated into the
company’s existing infrastructure.
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About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE), a wholly owned subsidiary of KONAMI CORPORATION (NYSE: KNM), is a leading, global
developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties of social content, online gaming, home video/
arcade games, card games, content for mobile phone, toys, music and movie software, books and magazines.
About VASCO
VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet Security applications and transactions. VASCO
has positioned itself as global software company for Internet Security and designs, develops, markets and supports DIGIPASS®, CertiID™, VACMAN®, IDENTIKEY® and
aXsGUARD® authentication products. VASCO’s prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.
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